Its February 13th, me and my girlfriend decided to visit my sister in Quezon, in a place called Unisan. It is approximately 5 to 6 hours of travel from Sto.Tomas, Batangas ( this is the usual place where me and Jelyn meet before going to Bulacan or Tarlac) We rode a bus going to Lucena, unfortunately we rode an Ordinary bus, so we have to anticipate the heat and dust during travel.

ON THE BUS

Once we arrived in Lucena, we immediately transffered to a van going to Unisan, Quezon. We are carrying our swimwear, some sweets for my sister, and also a dress for her and a shirt for her hubby. During the travel we saw the simplicity of life there, most houses are made of cogon, bamboo and pawid, they are getting water from wells and “bukal” , trees are everywhere, we saw bodies of water one after another.

ON THE WAY

The only problem is…there is no light on the road, the only light we saw are lights coming from the very few vehicles passing by and some locals who are walking with flashlights.

We arrived at my sister’s place at around 6:30 pm a special dinner was already set for us…ginataang alimango and pinakbet. We ate and immediately got into sleep. We are getting ready for tomorrow for the main event. The trip to Malatandang Beach… a beach free for all.

It is about 15 minutes travel from my sister’s place, before we went out, her neighbor gave her some fruits for us to bring… for free. You see, almost everything here is almost free, free fruits, very cheap seafoods ( sometimes free) and a lot of good places to visit ( we are planning to visit the nearby cave and waterfalls next time) for free.

We were accompanied by some friends, once we arrived in Malatandang Beach, my girlfriend was really surprised ( I can see it in her reaction) and i also pretend to be surprised ( coz I have been there already).

Orly ( one local who accompanied us) , have shown us how to catch balakwit, a snail like sea creature that is found on under the sand. There is also this creature that the locals called “puke-puke” for a reason I don’ know, it looks like a mouse ( used in computers) for me.

PUKE-PUKE and BALAKWET

We had a great day, as I write this, I can still feel the pain on my back due to sunburn, but all in all, it was a good experience, the people in UNISAN are very great people. You should try it for yourself. Thanks to my sister May and my bayaw Bong for inviting us. We hope next time Nanay, popot and bule will be with us.

Menggay and Tembong ( my sis and my bayaw)

See you again soon…